Esther 2:9-11

Amplified Bible

⁹ Now the young woman pleased Hegai and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with beauty preparations and her [portion of] food, and he gave her seven choice maids from the king’s palace; then he transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem. ¹⁰ Esther did not reveal [the Jewish background of] her people or her family, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. ¹¹ Every day Mordecai [who was an ^[a]attendant in the king’s court] walked back and forth in front of the courtyard of the harem to learn how Esther was getting along and what was happening to her.